/*
 * Copyright 2005 Joe Walker
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/**
 * The DWR object is also defined by dwr.util etc.
 */
if (typeof dwr == 'undefined') dwr = {};

(function() {
  if (!dwr.engine) dwr.engine = {};

  /**
    * Set an alternative error handler from the default alert box.
    * @param {Function} handler The function to call when an error happens
    */
  dwr.engine.setErrorHandler = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._errorHandler = handler;
  };

  /**
    * Set an alternative warning handler from the default alert box.
    * @param {Function} handler The function to call when a warning happens
    */
  dwr.engine.setWarningHandler = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._warningHandler = handler;
  };

  /**
    * @deprecated - In favor of the errorHandler being called with an exception name:"dwr.engine.textHtmlReply"
    * containing a responseText property if available.
    *
    * Setter for the text/html handler - what happens if a DWR request gets an HTML
    * reply rather than the expected Javascript. Often due to login timeout
    * @param {Function} handler The function to call on an unexpected text/html content type
    */
  dwr.engine.setTextHtmlHandler = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._textHtmlHandler = handler;
  };

  dwr.engine.setPollStatusHandler = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._pollStatusHandler = handler;
  };

  /**
   * Set a default timeout value for all calls. 0 (the default) turns timeouts off.
   * @param {Function} handler The function to call when we get bored of waiting for a call
   */
  dwr.engine.setTimeout = function(timeout) {
    dwr.engine._timeout = timeout;
  };

  /**
   * Set a timeout value for Reverse Ajax polls. 0 (the default) turns timeouts off.
   */
  dwr.engine.setPollTimeout = function(timeout) {
    dwr.engine._pollTimeout = timeout;
  };

  /**
    * The Pre-Hook is called before any DWR remoting is done.
    * @param {Function} handler The function to call before any remote calls
    */
  dwr.engine.setPreHook = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._preHook = handler;
  };

  /**
   * The Post-Hook is called after any DWR remoting is done.
   * @param {Function} handler The function to call after any remote calls
   */
  dwr.engine.setPostHook = function(handler) {
    dwr.engine._postHook = handler;
  };

  /**
   * Set a custom path to the DWR servlet (may be a full URL for cross-domain usage)
   * @param {string} path path or URL
   */
  dwr.engine.setOverridePath = function(path) {
    dwr.engine._overridePath = path;
  };

  /**
   * Set a custom contextPath (typically used when rewriting paths through a web server)
   * @param {string} path path
   */
  dwr.engine.setOverrideContextPath = function(path) {
    dwr.engine._overrideContextPath = path;
  };

  /**
   * Extra attributes to append to the DWRSESSIONID cookie (domain, secure, etc)
   * @param {string} attributeString attribute string according to cookie syntax
   */
  dwr.engine.setCookieAttributes = function(attributeString) {
    dwr.engine._cookieAttributes = attributeString;
  };

  /**
   * Custom headers for all DWR calls
   * @param {Object} headers Object containing name/value pairs for extra headers
   */
  dwr.engine.setHeaders = function(headers) {
    dwr.engine._headers = headers;
  };

  /**
   * Custom attributes transferred to server for all DWR calls
   * @param {Object} attributes Object containing name/value pairs for attributes
   */
  dwr.engine.setAttributes = function(attributes) {
    dwr.engine._attributes = attributes;
  };

  /**
   * Ensure that remote calls happen in the order in which they were sent? (Default: false)
   * @param {boolean} ordered true to enable ordered processing
   */
  dwr.engine.setOrdered = function(ordered) {
    dwr.engine._ordered = ordered;
  };

  /**
   * Do we ask the XHR object to be asynchronous? (Default: true)
   * Warning: it is <strong>highly</strong> advised to use the default of async
   * processing, especially when dealing with Internet based requests.
   * @param {boolean} async false to enable sync processing for XHR queries
   */
  dwr.engine.setAsync = function(async) {
    dwr.engine._async = async;
  };

  /**
   * Does the client actively check the server for updates? (Default: false)
   * @param {boolean} async true to enable low latency reverse ajax
   */
  dwr.engine.setActiveReverseAjax = function(activeReverseAjax) {
    if (activeReverseAjax) {
      // Bail if we are already started
      if (dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax) return;
      // We always want a retry policy when reverse AJAX is enabled.
      if (!dwr.engine._retryIntervals || dwr.engine._retryIntervals.length === 0) { dwr.engine._retryIntervals = dwr.engine._defaultRetryIntervals; }
      dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax = true;
      if (dwr.engine._initializing) return; // We'll start after init is done
      dwr.engine._poll();
    }
    else {
      // Can we cancel an existing request?
      if (dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax && dwr.engine._pollBatch) {
        dwr.engine.transport.abort(dwr.engine._pollBatch);
      }
      dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax = false;
    }
    // TODO: in iframe mode, if we start, stop, start then the second start may
    // well kick off a second iframe while the first is still about to return
    // we should cope with this but we don't
  };

  /**
   * Turn server notification of page unload on and off
   * @param {boolean} notify true or false depending on if we want to turn unload notification on or off
   */
  dwr.engine.setNotifyServerOnPageUnload = function(notify, asyncUnload) {
    dwr.engine._asyncUnload = (asyncUnload !== undefined) ? asyncUnload : false;
    dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageUnload = notify;
  };

  /**
   * Turn server notification of page load on and off
   * @param {boolean} notify true or false depending on if we want to turn load notification on or off
   */
  dwr.engine.setNotifyServerOnPageLoad = function(notify) {
    dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoad = notify;
    if (notify && !dwr.engine._initializing && !dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoadSent) {
      eval("dwr.engine._execute(dwr.engine._pathToDwrServlet, '__System', 'pageLoaded', [ function() { dwr.engine._ordered = false; }]);");
      dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoadSent = true;
    }
  };

  /*
   * The maximum number of retries, when reached we will no longer attempt to check for server status.
   * @param - maxRetries
   */
  dwr.engine.setMaxRetries = function(maxRetries) {
    dwr.engine._maxRetries = maxRetries;
  };

  /*
   * The intervals between successive retries in seconds
   * @param - array of integers representing the retry interval in seconds.
   */
  dwr.engine.setRetryIntervals = function(intervalsArray) {
    dwr.engine._retryIntervals = intervalsArray;
  };

  /**
   * The default message handler.
   * @param {String} message The text of the error message
   * @param {Object} ex An error object containing at least a name and message
   */
  dwr.engine.defaultErrorHandler = function(message, ex) {
    dwr.engine._debug("Error: " + ex.name + ", " + ex.message, true);
    if (!message) message = "A server error has occurred.";
    // Ignore NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if Mozilla is being narky
    if (message.indexOf("0x80040111") != -1) return;
    if ("true" == "true") alert(message);
  };

  /**
   * The default warning handler.
   * @param {String} message The text of the error message
   * @param {Object} ex An error object containing at least a name and message
   */
  dwr.engine.defaultWarningHandler = function(message, ex) {
    dwr.engine._debug(message);
  };

  /**
   * The default poll status handler.
   * @param {boolean} newStatus - true = online, false = offline
   * @param {object} ex - The exception if one exists (offline).
   */
  dwr.engine.defaultPollStatusHandler = function(newStatus, ex) {
    dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
      if (newStatus === false && dwr.engine._errorHandler) dwr.engine._errorHandler(ex.message, ex);
    });
  };

  /**
   * For reduced latency you can group several remote calls together using a batch.
   */
  dwr.engine.beginBatch = function() {
    if (dwr.engine._batch) {
      dwr.engine._handleError(null, { name:"dwr.engine.batchBegun", message:"Batch already begun" });
      return;
    }
    dwr.engine._batch = dwr.engine.batch.create();
  };

  /**
   * Finished grouping a set of remote calls together. Go and execute them all.
   * @param {Object} options A options object to customize processing
   */
  dwr.engine.endBatch = function(options) {
    var batch = dwr.engine._batch;
    if (batch == null) {
      dwr.engine._handleError(null, { name:"dwr.engine.batchNotBegun", message:"No batch in progress" });
      return;
    }
    dwr.engine._batch = null;
    if (batch.map.callCount === 0) {
      return;
    }

    // The hooks need to be merged carefully to preserve ordering
    if (options) {
      dwr.engine.batch.merge(batch, options);
    }

    // In ordered mode, we don't send unless the list of sent items is empty
    // (queuing is not possible for sync calls so let them slip through)
    if (batch.async && (dwr.engine._ordered || dwr.engine._internalOrdered) && dwr.engine._batchesLength !== 0) {
      dwr.engine._batchQueue[dwr.engine._batchQueue.length] = batch;
    }
    else {
      return dwr.engine.transport.send(batch);
    }
  };

  /**
   * For use with file downloads. When a DWR function returns a binary download
   * you can prompt the user to save it using this function
   * @param {Object} data The binary data passed from DWR
   */
  dwr.engine.openInDownload = function(data) {
    var div = document.createElement("div");
    document.body.appendChild(div);
    div.innerHTML = "<iframe width='0' height='0' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' src='" + data + "'></iframe>";
  };

  /**
   * What is the current version DWR number
   * DWR version numbers are of the form "Version 1.2.3.3128[.beta]", where:
   * 1 is the major release number. Changes in major version number indicate
   * significant enhancements in functionality
   * 2 is the minor release number. Changes in minor version number indicate
   * less significant changes in functionality
   * 3 is the revision release number. Changes here typically indicate bug
   * fixes only
   * 3128 is the build number. This number increments for each build
   * .beta is a release title that is generally only used for non production
   * releases to indicate the purpose/quality of the release
   * The label is these strings concatenated
   */
  dwr.version = {
    /**
     * Changes in major version number indicate significant enhancements
     */
    major:parseInt("3", 10),

    /**
     * Changes in minor version number indicate smaller enhancements
     */
    minor:parseInt("0", 10),

    /**
     * Changes with the revision number typically indicate bug-fixes only
     */
    revision:parseInt("3", 10),

    /**
     * The build number increments for each build
     */
    build:parseInt("-1", 10),

    /**
     * Only used for non production releases to indicate the purpose/quality of
     * the release. Example titles include 'milestone1' or 'beta3'.
     */
    title:"dev",

    /**
     * The strings above concatenated
     */
    label:"3.0.3-dev"
  };

  //==============================================================================
  // Only private stuff below here
  //==============================================================================

  /** Keep track of page load initialization */
  dwr.engine._initializing = true;

  /** Is GET enabled? */
  dwr.engine._allowGetButMakeForgeryEasier = "false";

  /** The script prefix to strip in the case of scriptTagProtection. */
  dwr.engine._scriptTagProtection = "throw 'allowScriptTagRemoting is false.';";

  /** The default path to the DWR servlet */
  dwr.engine._pathToDwrServlet = "/qiqiim-server/dwr";

  /** Custom path to the DWR servlet */
  dwr.engine._overridePath = "";
  if (typeof pathToDwrServlet != "undefined") {
    dwr.engine._overridePath = pathToDwrServlet;
  }
  
  dwr.engine._effectivePath = function() {
    return dwr.engine._overridePath || dwr.engine._pathToDwrServlet;
  };

  /** The webapp's contextPath */
  dwr.engine._contextPath = "/qiqiim-server";

  /** Custom contextPath */
  dwr.engine._overrideContextPath = "";

  dwr.engine._effectiveContextPath = function() {
    return dwr.engine._overrideContextPath || dwr.engine._contextPath;
  };

  /** Extra attributes to append to the DWRSESSIONID cookie (domain, secure, etc) */
  dwr.engine._cookieAttributes = "";

  /** Do we use XHR for reverse ajax because we are not streaming? */
  dwr.engine._useStreamingPoll = "true";

  dwr.engine._pollOnline = true;

  /** These URLs can be configured from the server */
  dwr.engine._ModePlainCall = "/call/plaincall/";
  dwr.engine._ModePlainPoll = "/call/plainpoll/";
  dwr.engine._ModeHtmlCall = "/call/htmlcall/";
  dwr.engine._ModeHtmlPoll = "/call/htmlpoll/";

  /** Do we make the calls async? Default to 'true' */
  dwr.engine._async = Boolean("true");

  /** The local page id */
  dwr.engine._pageId = null;

  /** The browser instance id */
  dwr.engine._dwrSessionId = null;

  /** The global page id (browser instance + local page id) */
  dwr.engine._scriptSessionId = ""; // we must use "" and not null

  /** A function to be called before requests are marshalled. Can be null. */
  dwr.engine._preHook = null;

  /** A function to be called after replies are received. Can be null. */
  dwr.engine._postHook = null;

  /** A map of the batches that we have sent and are awaiting a reply on. */
  dwr.engine._batches = {};

  /** A count of the number of outstanding batches. Should be == to _batches.length unless prototype has messed things up */
  dwr.engine._batchesLength = 0;

  /** In ordered mode, the array of batches waiting to be sent */
  dwr.engine._batchQueue = [];

  /** User setting for saying that calls should execute one by one in the order in which they were sent */
  dwr.engine._ordered = false;

  /** Internal state forcing calls to execute one by one in the order in which they were sent */
  dwr.engine._internalOrdered = false;

  /** The current batch (if we are in batch mode) */
  dwr.engine._batch = null;

  /** The global timeout */
  dwr.engine._timeout = 0;

  /** Are we doing comet or polling? */
  dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax = false;
  
  /** All reverse ajax scripts before this index have been received and executed */
  dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex = 0;
  
  /** Queue of reverse ajax scripts (functions) that have been received but not yet executed due to receiving in wrong order */
  dwr.engine._reverseAjaxQueue = {};
  
  /** The batch that we are using to poll */
  dwr.engine._pollBatch = null;

  /** Maximum time we wait for a poll to return (0 = no timeout) */
  dwr.engine._pollTimeout = 0;

  /** How many milliseconds between internal comet polls */
  dwr.engine._pollCometInterval = 200;

  /** How many times have we re-tried a call? */
  dwr.engine._retries = 1;
  dwr.engine._maxRetries = -1;

  /** The intervals between successive retries in seconds */
  dwr.engine._retryIntervals = [];

  /** Used as the default for reverse ajax/polling
   *  Retry immediately twice first with a one second interval, next with a 3 second interval, then go offline.
   *  Therafter, retry every 3 seconds.
   */
  dwr.engine._defaultRetryIntervals = [ 1, 3, 3 ];

  dwr.engine._textHtmlHandler = null;

  /** If you wish to send custom headers with every request */
  dwr.engine._headers = null;

  /** If you wish to send extra custom request attributes with each request */
  if (typeof attributes != "undefined") {
    dwr.engine._attributes = attributes;
  }
  else {
    dwr.engine._attributes = null;
  }

  /** Batch ids allow us to know which batch the server is answering */
  dwr.engine._nextBatchId = 0;

  /** The instance id helps us distinguish multiple engine.js loaded in one page */
  dwr.engine._instanceId = -1;

  /** A list of the properties that need merging from calls to a batch */
  dwr.engine._propnames = [ "async", "timeout", "errorHandler", "warningHandler", "textHtmlHandler" ];

  /** Do we stream, or can be hacked to do so? */
  dwr.engine._partialResponseNo = 0;
  dwr.engine._partialResponseYes = 1;

  /** Are we notifying the server on page unload? */
  dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageUnload = false;

  /** Are we notifying the server on page load? */
  dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoad = false;
  dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoadSent = false;

  /** Should the unload call be asynchronous?  If true it may not be called by the browser. */
  dwr.engine._asyncUnload = false;

  /**
   * A map of all mapped classes whose class declarations have been loaded
   * (dwrClassName -> constructor function)
   */
  dwr.engine._mappedClasses = {};

  /** A function to call if something fails. */
  dwr.engine._errorHandler = dwr.engine.defaultErrorHandler;

  /** For debugging when something unexplained happens. */
  dwr.engine._warningHandler = dwr.engine.defaultWarningHandler;

  dwr.engine._pollStatusHandler = dwr.engine.defaultPollStatusHandler;

  /** Undocumented interceptors - do not use */
  dwr.engine._postSeperator = "\n";
  dwr.engine._defaultInterceptor = function(data) { return data; };
  dwr.engine._urlRewriteHandler = dwr.engine._defaultInterceptor;
  dwr.engine._contentRewriteHandler = dwr.engine._defaultInterceptor;
  dwr.engine._replyRewriteHandler = dwr.engine._defaultInterceptor;

  /** Object attributes to ignore when serializing */
  dwr.engine._excludeObjectAttributes = {
    "$dwrClassName": true,
    "$dwrByRef": true,
    "$_dwrConversionRef": true
  };

  dwr.engine._ieConditions = {};
  
  /** Is this page doing beforeunload processing? */
  dwr.engine._beforeUnloading = false;

  /** A place to temporarily store exception before reporting */
  dwr.engine._queuedBatchException = null;

  /** @private Keep beforeunload flag set during beforeunload processing (including potential
   *  "Are you sure?" popups). */
  dwr.engine._beforeUnloader = function() {
    dwr.engine._beforeUnloading = true;
    // We want to reset the flag if unloading is aborted by "Are you sure?" popup. We detect
    // return to interactive mode with a timeout that normally will execute directly after
    // unload is aborted through popup.
    setTimeout(function() {
      // Some browsers (f ex Firefox) will execute the timeout even if unload is not aborted.
      // To keep a continuous unloading state we therefore prolong the beforeunload state for
      // a second so the unload flag gets time to trigger.
      setTimeout(function() {
        dwr.engine._beforeUnloading = false;
      }, 1000);
    }, 1);
  };

  /** Is this page in the process of unloading? */
  dwr.engine._unloading = false;

  /** @private Abort any XHRs in progress at page unload (solves zombie socket problems in IE). */
  dwr.engine._unloader = function() {
    dwr.engine._unloading = true;

    // Empty queue of waiting ordered requests
    dwr.engine._batchQueue.length = 0;

    // Abort any ongoing requests and clear their batches
    var batch;
    for (var batchId in dwr.engine._batches) {
      batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
      if (batch.transport && batch.transport.abort) {
        batch.transport.abort(batch);
      }
    }

    // If we have used reverse ajax then we try to tell the server we are gone
    if (dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageUnload) {
      dwr.engine._debug("calling unloader for: " + dwr.engine._scriptSessionId);
      batch = {
        map:{
          callCount:1,
          'c0-scriptName':'__System',
          'c0-methodName':'pageUnloaded',
          'c0-id':0
        },
        paramCount:0, isPoll:false, async:dwr.engine._asyncUnload,
        headers:{}, preHooks:[], postHooks:[],
        timeout:dwr.engine._timeout,
        errorHandler:null, globalErrorHandler:dwr.engine._errorHandler, warningHandler:null, textHtmlHandler:null, globalTextHtmlHandler:null,
        handlers:[{ exceptionHandler:null, callback:null }]
      };
      dwr.engine.transport.send(batch);
      dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageUnload = false;
    }
  };

  function ignoreIfUnloading(batch, f) {
    // Do nothing if we are unloading
    if (dwr.engine._unloading) return;
    // Retry later if beforeunload is in progress and this is not a sync call
    if (dwr.engine._beforeUnloading && (batch == null || batch.async)) {
      setTimeout(function() {
        ignoreIfUnloading(batch, f);
      }, 100);
    }
    // Otherwise trigger the target func
    else {
      return f();
    }
  }

  dwr.engine._initializer = {
    /*
     * Load-time initializations
     */
    preInit: function() {
      // Make random local page id
      dwr.engine._pageId = dwr.engine.util.tokenify(new Date().getTime()) + "-" + dwr.engine.util.tokenify(Math.random() * 1E16);

      // Reuse any existing dwr session
      dwr.engine.transport.updateDwrSessionFromCookie();

      // Register unload handlers
      dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(window, 'beforeunload', dwr.engine._beforeUnloader);
      dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(window, 'unload', dwr.engine._unloader);

      // Register this engine instance globally
      var g = dwr.engine._global;
      if (!g.dwr) g.dwr = {};
      if (!g.dwr._) g.dwr._ = [];
      dwr.engine._instanceId = g.dwr._.length;
      g.dwr._[dwr.engine._instanceId] = dwr;
    },

    loadDwrConfig: function() {
      if (typeof dwrConfig != "undefined") {
        for(p in dwrConfig) {
          var methodName = "set" + p.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + p.substring(1);
          var setter = dwr.engine[methodName];
          if (setter) setter(dwrConfig[p]);
        }
      }
    },
    
    init: function() {
      dwr.engine._initializer.preInit();
      dwr.engine._initializer.loadDwrConfig();
      dwr.engine._initializing = false;
      // Now we can start sending requests
      if (dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoad) {
        eval("dwr.engine._execute(dwr.engine._pathToDwrServlet, '__System', 'pageLoaded', [ function() { dwr.engine._ordered = false; }]);");
        dwr.engine._isNotifyServerOnPageLoadSent = true;
      }
      if (dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax) {
        dwr.engine._poll();
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Send a request. Called by the JavaScript interface stub
   * @private
   * @param path part of URL after the host and before the exec bit without leading or trailing /s
   * @param scriptName The class to execute
   * @param methodName The method on said class to execute
   * @param func The callback function to which any returned data should be passed
   *       if this is null, any returned data will be ignored
   * @param args The parameters to passed to the above method
   */
  dwr.engine._execute = function(overridePath, scriptName, methodName, args) {
    var path = overridePath || dwr.engine._effectivePath();
    dwr.engine._singleShot = false;
    if (dwr.engine._batch == null) {
      dwr.engine.beginBatch();
      dwr.engine._singleShot = true;
    }

    var batch = dwr.engine._batch;

    // All the paths MUST be to the same servlet
    if (batch.path == null) {
      batch.path = path;
    }
    else {
      if (batch.path != path) {
        dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.multipleServlets", message:"Can't batch requests to multiple DWR Servlets." });
        return;
      }
    }

    dwr.engine.batch.addCall(batch, scriptName, methodName, args);

    if (dwr.engine._isHeartbeatBatch(batch)) {
      // Heartbeats should fail fast.
      batch.timeout = 750;
    }

    // Now we have finished remembering the call, we increment the call count
    batch.map.callCount++;
    if (dwr.engine._singleShot) {
      return dwr.engine.endBatch();
    }
  };

  /**
   * Poll the server to see if there is any data waiting
   * @private
   */
  dwr.engine._poll = function() {
    if (!dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax) {
      return;
    }
    dwr.engine._pollBatch = dwr.engine.batch.createPoll();
    dwr.engine.transport.send(dwr.engine._pollBatch);
  };

  /** @private Utility to execute incoming scripts */
  dwr.engine._executeScript = function(script) {
    if (script == null) {
      return null;
    }
    if (script === "") {
      dwr.engine._debug("Warning: blank script", true);
      return null;
    }
    // Using Function instead of eval as the latter has memory problems on IE9
    (new Function("dwr", script))(dwr);
  };

  /** @private call all the post hooks for a batch */
  dwr.engine._callPostHooks = function(batch) {
    if (batch.postHooks) {
      for (var i = 0; i < batch.postHooks.length; i++) {
        batch.postHooks[i]();
      }
      batch.postHooks = null;
    }
  };

  /**
   * Is this a batch that is checking for a heartbeat?
   * If so we want to ignore errors/warnings, etc.
   * @private
   * @param {Object} batch
   */
  dwr.engine._isHeartbeatBatch = function(batch) {
    return (batch.map && batch.map['c0-methodName'] === 'checkHeartbeat' && batch.map['c0-scriptName'] === '__System');
  };

  /**
   * Generic error handling routing to save having null checks everywhere
   * @private
   * @param {Object} batch
   * @param {Object} ex
   */
  dwr.engine._handleError = function(batch, ex) {
    if (batch && dwr.engine._isHeartbeatBatch(batch)) { // Ignore errors that happen while checking for a heartbeat.
      return;
    }
    var errorHandlers = [];
    var anyCallWithoutErrorHandler = false;
    if (batch && batch.isPoll) { // No error reporting and only retry for polls
      dwr.engine._handlePollRetry(batch, ex);
    } else {
      // Perform error cleanup synchronously
      if (batch) {
        for (var i = 0; i < batch.map.callCount; i++) {
          var handlers = batch.handlers[i];
          if (!handlers.completed) {
            if (typeof handlers.errorHandler == "function")
              errorHandlers.push(handlers.errorHandler);
            else
              anyCallWithoutErrorHandler = true;
            handlers.completed = true;
          }
        }
      }
      // Perform error reporting asynchronously (possibly)
      ignoreIfUnloading(batch, function() {
        if (batch) {
          var textHtmlHandler = batch.textHtmlHandler || batch.globalTextHtmlHandler;
          if (ex.name === "dwr.engine.textHtmlReply" && textHtmlHandler) {
            dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
              textHtmlHandler(ex);
            });
            return;
          }
        }
        dwr.engine._prepareException(ex);
        var errorHandler;
        while(errorHandlers.length > 0) {
          errorHandler = errorHandlers.shift();
          dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
            errorHandler(ex.message, ex);
          });
        }
        if (batch) {
          dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
            if (typeof batch.errorHandler == "function") batch.errorHandler(ex.message, ex);
            else if (anyCallWithoutErrorHandler) {
              if (typeof batch.globalErrorHandler == "function") batch.globalErrorHandler(ex.message, ex);
            }
          });
          dwr.engine.batch.remove(batch);
        }
      });
    }
  };

  /**
   * Handle retries for polling as well as online/offline status.
   * @private
   * @param {Object} batch
   * @param {Object} ex
   */
  dwr.engine._handlePollRetry = function(batch, ex) {
      var retryInterval = dwr.engine._getRetryInterval();
      // If number of retries is equal to the retryIntervals array length, call the supplied pollStatusHandler and go offline.
      if (dwr.engine._retries === dwr.engine._retryIntervals.length - 1) {
        dwr.engine._debug("poll retry - going offline: " + retryInterval/1000 + " seconds");
        dwr.engine._handlePollStatusChange(false, ex, batch);
        // We are offline, continue to check for a heartbeat until _retries is > _maxRetries.
        var heartbeatInterval = setInterval(function() {
          if (dwr.engine._maxRetries === -1 || dwr.engine._retries < dwr.engine._maxRetries) {
            dwr.engine._execute(null, '__System', 'checkHeartbeat', [ function() {
              // We found a heartbeat, we are back online!
              clearInterval(heartbeatInterval);
              dwr.engine._poll();
            }]);
            dwr.engine._retries++;
            dwr.engine._debug("DWR Offline - poll retry - interval: " + retryInterval/1000 + " seconds");
          } else {
            // maxRetries has been reached, stop the heartbeat check.
            clearInterval(heartbeatInterval);
            dwr.engine._debug("max retries reached, stop polling for server status.");
            dwr.engine._handlePollStatusChange(false, ex, batch);
          }
        }, retryInterval);
      } else { // We are still online, poll again.
        dwr.engine._retries++;
        dwr.engine.batch.remove(batch);
        dwr.engine._debug("DWR Online - poll retry - interval: " + retryInterval/1000 + " seconds");
        setTimeout(dwr.engine._poll, retryInterval);
      }
  };

  dwr.engine._getRetryInterval = function() {
    var retryInterval;
    if (dwr.engine._retries < dwr.engine._retryIntervals.length) {
      retryInterval = dwr.engine._retryIntervals[dwr.engine._retries] * 1000;
    } else {
      // The last interval in retryIntervals is the number that will be used to poll when offline.
      retryInterval = dwr.engine._retryIntervals[dwr.engine._retryIntervals.length - 1] * 1000;
    }
    return retryInterval;
  };

  /**
   * Handles polling status changes - online or offline.
   * @param {boolean} newStatus - true = online, false = offline
   * @param {object} ex - The exception if one exists (offline).
   */
  dwr.engine._handlePollStatusChange = function(newStatus, ex, batch) {
  if (batch.isPoll || dwr.engine._isHeartbeatBatch(batch)) {
      var changed = dwr.engine._pollOnline !== newStatus;
      var maxRetriesReached = dwr.engine._maxRetries === dwr.engine._retries;
      dwr.engine._pollOnline = newStatus;
      if ((changed || maxRetriesReached) && typeof dwr.engine._pollStatusHandler === "function") 
        dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
          dwr.engine._pollStatusHandler(newStatus, ex, maxRetriesReached);
        });
      if (newStatus) {
        dwr.engine._retries = 1;
      }
  }
  };

  /**
   * Generic error handling routing to save having null checks everywhere.
   * @private
   * @param {Object} batch
   * @param {Object} ex
   */
  dwr.engine._handleWarning = function(batch, ex) {
    if (batch && dwr.engine._isHeartbeatBatch(batch)) { // Ignore warnings that happen while checking for a heartbeat.
      return;
    }
    ignoreIfUnloading(batch, function() {
      // If this is a poll, we should retry!
      dwr.engine._prepareException(ex);
      dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
        if (batch && typeof batch.warningHandler == "function") batch.warningHandler(ex.message, ex);
        else if (dwr.engine._warningHandler) dwr.engine._warningHandler(ex.message, ex);
      });
      if (batch) dwr.engine.batch.remove(batch);
    });
  };

  /**
   * Prepares an exception for an error/warning handler.
   * @private
   * @param {Object} ex
   */
  dwr.engine._prepareException = function(ex) {
    if (typeof ex == "string") ex = { name:"unknown", message:ex };
    if (ex.message == null) ex.message = "";
    if (ex.name == null) ex.name = "unknown";
  };

  /**
   * Create a new object that delegates to obj
   * @param obj
   */
  dwr.engine._delegate = (function() {
    function F(){}
    return (function(obj){
      F.prototype = obj;
      return new F();
    });
  })();

  /**
   * Create a new object that delegates to obj
   * @param obj
   */
  dwr.engine._createFromMap = function(map) {
    var obj = new this(); // this should be set to a constructor function!
    for(prop in map) if (map.hasOwnProperty(prop)) obj[prop] = map[prop];
    return obj;
  };

  /**
   * A reference to the global context (window when in a browser)
   */
  dwr.engine._global = (function(){return this;}).call(null);

  /**
   * Navigates properties from the global scope and down to fetch a property
   * value.
   * @param prop hierarchical property name
   * @return property value, or undefined if doesn't exist
   */
  dwr.engine._getObject = function(prop) {
    var parts = prop.split(".");
    var value = undefined;
    var scope = dwr.engine._global;
    while(parts.length > 0) {
      var currprop = parts.shift();
      if (!scope) return undefined;
      value = scope[currprop];
      if (value && value.tagName && document.getElementById(currprop) == value) return undefined;
      scope = value;
    }
    return value;
  };

  /**
   * Navigates properties from the global scope and down to set a value.
   * @param prop hierarchical property name
   * @param obj property value to set
   */
  dwr.engine._setObject = function(prop, obj) {
    var parts = prop.split(".");
    var level;
    var scope = dwr.engine._global;
    while(parts.length > 0) {
      var currprop = parts.shift();
      if (parts.length === 0) {
        scope[currprop] = obj;
      }
      else {
        level = scope[currprop];
        if (level == null || level.tagName && document.getElementById(currprop) == level) {
          scope[currprop] = level = {};
        }
        scope = level;
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Used internally when some message needs to get to the programmer
   * @private
   * @param {String} message
   * @param {Object} stacktrace
   */
  dwr.engine._debug = function(message, stacktrace) {
    var written = false;
    try {
      if (window.console) {
        if (stacktrace && window.console.trace) window.console.trace();
        if (window.console.log) window.console.log(message);
        written = true;
      }
      else if (window.opera && window.opera.postError) {
        window.opera.postError(message);
        written = true;
      }
    }
    catch (ex) { /* ignore */ }

    if (!written) {
      var debug = document.getElementById("dwr-debug");
      if (debug) {
        var contents = message + "<br/>" + debug.innerHTML;
        if (contents.length > 2048) contents = contents.substring(0, 2048);
        debug.innerHTML = contents;
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Functions called by the server
   */
  dwr.engine.remote = {
    /**
     * Execute a callback
     * @private
     * @param {int} batchId The ID of the batch that we are replying to
     * @param {int} callId The call ID that the script relates to
     * @param {String} reply The script to execute
     */
    handleCallback:function(batchId, callId, reply) {
      var batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
      if (!batch) return;

      // We store the reply in the batch so we can return the data when in sync mode
      batch.reply = reply;

      // Error handlers inside here indicate an error that is nothing to do
      // with DWR so we handle them differently.
      try {
        var handlers = batch.handlers[callId];
        if (!handlers) {
          dwr.engine._debug("Warning: Missing handlers. callId=" + callId, true);
        }
        else {
          batch.handlers[callId].completed = true;
          if (typeof handlers.callback == "function") {
            dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
              if(handlers.callbackArg !== undefined)
        	    handlers.callback.call(handlers.callbackScope, reply, handlers.callbackArg);
              else
                handlers.callback.call(handlers.callbackScope, reply);
            });
          }
        }
      }
      catch (ex) {
        dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex);
      }
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server when a JavascriptFunction is executed
     * @param id The ID of the serialized function
     * @param args The arguments to pass to the function
     */
    handleFunctionCall:function(id, args) {
      var func = dwr.engine.serialize.remoteFunctions[id];
      func.apply(window, args);
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server when a JavascriptFunction is executed
     * @param id The ID of the serialized function
     * @param args The arguments to pass to the function
     */
    handleObjectCall:function(id, methodName, args) {
      var obj = dwr.engine.serialize.remoteFunctions[id];
      obj[methodName].apply(obj, args);
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server when a JavascriptFunction is executed
     * @param propertyName The ID of the serialized function
     * @param data The arguments to pass to the function
     */
    handleSetCall:function(id, propertyName, data) {
      var obj = dwr.engine.serialize.remoteFunctions[id];
      obj[propertyName] = data;
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server when a JavascriptFunction is closed
     * @param id The ID of the serialized function
     */
    handleFunctionClose:function(id) {
      delete dwr.engine.serialize.remoteFunctions[id];
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server: Handle an exception for a call
     * @private
     * @param {int} batchId The ID of the batch that we are replying to
     * @param {int} callId The call ID that the script relates to
     * @param {String} reply The script to execute
     */
    handleException:function(batchId, callId, ex) {
      var batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
      if (!batch) return;

      var handlers = batch.handlers[callId];
      batch.handlers[callId].completed = true;
      if (handlers == null) {
        dwr.engine._debug("Warning: null handlers in remoteHandleException", true);
        return;
      }

      if (ex.message === undefined) {
        ex.message = "";
      }

      dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
        if (typeof handlers.exceptionHandler == "function") {
          if (handlers.exceptionArg !== undefined)
            handlers.exceptionHandler.call(handlers.exceptionScope, ex.message, ex, handlers.exceptionArg);
          else
            handlers.exceptionHandler.call(handlers.exceptionScope, ex.message, ex);
        }
        else if (typeof handlers.errorHandler == "function") {
          handlers.errorHandler(ex.message, ex);
        }
        else if (typeof batch.errorHandler == "function") {
          batch.errorHandler(ex.message, ex);
        }
        else if (typeof batch.globalErrorHandler == "function") {
          batch.globalErrorHandler(ex.message, ex);
        }
      });
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server when a new Reverse Ajax script arrives
     */
    handleReverseAjax:function(reverseAjaxIndex, reverseAjaxFunc) {
      if (reverseAjaxIndex < dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex) return;
      dwr.engine._reverseAjaxQueue[reverseAjaxIndex] = reverseAjaxFunc;
      while(true) {
        var nextFunc = dwr.engine._reverseAjaxQueue[dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex];
        if (!nextFunc) return;
        dwr.engine.util.logHandlerEx(function() {
          nextFunc();
        });
        delete dwr.engine._reverseAjaxQueue[dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex];
        dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex++;
      }
    },
    
    /**
     * Called by the server: The whole batch is broken
     * @private
     * @param {Object} ex The data about what broke
     * @param {int} batchId The ID of the batch that we are replying to
     */
    handleBatchException:function(ex, batchId) {
      var batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
      if (ex.message === undefined) ex.message = "";
      if (batch) {
        dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex);
      } else {
        dwr.engine._queuedBatchException = ex;
      }
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server: Reverse ajax should not be used
     * @private
     * @param {Object} ex
     * @param {int} batchId
     */
    pollCometDisabled:function(ex, batchId){
      dwr.engine.setActiveReverseAjax(false);
      var batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
      if (ex.message === undefined) {
        ex.message = "";
      }
      dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex);
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server: Create a new object of a mapped class
     * @private
     * @param {string} dwrClassName the name of the mapped class
     * @param {Object} memberMap the object's data members
     */
    newObject:function(dwrClassName, memberMap){
      var classfunc = dwr.engine._mappedClasses[dwrClassName];
      if (classfunc && classfunc.createFromMap) {
        return classfunc.createFromMap(memberMap);
      }
      else {
        memberMap.$dwrClassName = dwrClassName;
        return memberMap;
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Functions to serialize a data set into a list of parameters
   */
  dwr.engine.serialize = {
    /**
     * ActiveX objects to use when we want to convert an xml string into a DOM object
     */
    domDocument:[
      "Msxml2.DOMDocument.6.0",
      "Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0",
      "Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0",
      "Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0",
      "MSXML2.DOMDocument",
      "MSXML.DOMDocument",
      "Microsoft.XMLDOM"
    ],

    /**
     * A holder for functions that we have serialized for remote calling.
     */
    remoteFunctions:{},

    /**
     * The ID of the next function that we serialize
     */
    funcId:0,

    /**
     * Convert a text representation of XML into a DOM element
     * @param {String} xml An xml string
     */
    toDomElement:function(xml) {
      return dwr.engine.serialize.toDomDocument(xml).documentElement;
    },

    /**
     * Convert a text representation of XML into a DOM document
     * @param {String} xml An xml string
     */
    toDomDocument:function(xml) {
      var dom;
      if (window.DOMParser) {
        var parser = new DOMParser();
        dom = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
        if (!dom.documentElement || dom.documentElement.tagName == "parsererror") {
          var message = dom.documentElement.firstChild.data;
          message += "\n" + dom.documentElement.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.data;
          throw message;
        }
        return dom;
      }
      else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        dom = dwr.engine.util.newActiveXObject(dwr.engine.serialize.domDocument);
        dom.loadXML(xml); // What happens on parse fail with IE?
        return dom;
      }
      else {
        var div = document.createElement("div");
        div.innerHTML = xml;
        return div;
      }
    },

    /**
     * Marshall a data item
     * @private
     * @param batch A map of variables to how they have been marshalled
     * @param directrefmap A map of already marshalled variables to prevent recurrsion (these have direct links from their data object)
     * @param otherrefmap A map of already marshalled variables to prevent recursion (these have no links from data objects)
     * @param data The data to be marshalled
     * @param name The name of the data being marshalled
     */
    convert:function(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth) {
      if (data == null) {
        batch.map[name] = "null:null";
        return;
      }

      switch (typeof data) {
      case "boolean":
        batch.map[name] = "boolean:" + data;
        break;
      case "number":
        batch.map[name] = "number:" + data;
        break;
      case "string":
        batch.map[name] = "string:" + encodeURIComponent(data);
        break;
      case "object":
        var ref = dwr.engine.serialize.lookup(directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name);
        var objstr = Object.prototype.toString.call(data);
        if (data.$dwrByRef) batch.map[name] = dwr.engine.serialize.convertByReference(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth + 1);
        else if (ref != null) batch.map[name] = ref;
        else if (objstr == "[object String]") batch.map[name] = "string:" + encodeURIComponent(data);
        else if (objstr == "[object Boolean]") batch.map[name] = "boolean:" + data;
        else if (objstr == "[object Number]") batch.map[name] = "number:" + data;
        else if (objstr == "[object Date]") batch.map[name] = "date:" + data.getTime();
        else if (objstr == "[object Array]") batch.map[name] = dwr.engine.serialize.convertArray(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth + 1);
        else if (data && data.tagName && data.tagName.toLowerCase() == "input" && data.type && data.type.toLowerCase() == "file") {
          batch.fileUpload = true;
          batch.map[name] = data;
        }
        else {
          // This check for an HTML is not complete, but is there a better way?
          // Maybe we should add: data.hasChildNodes typeof "function" == true
          if (data.nodeName && data.nodeType) {
            batch.map[name] = dwr.engine.serialize.convertDom(data);
          }
          else {
            batch.map[name] = dwr.engine.serialize.convertObject(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth + 1);
          }
        }
        break;
      case "function":
        // Ignore functions unless they are directly passed in
        if (depth === 0) {
          batch.map[name] = dwr.engine.serialize.convertByReference(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth + 1);
        }
        break;
      default:
        dwr.engine._handleWarning(null, { name:"dwr.engine.unexpectedType", message:"Unexpected type: " + typeof data + ", attempting default converter." });
        batch.map[name] = "default:" + data;
        break;
      }
    },

    /**
     * Marshall an object by reference
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.serialize.convert() for parameter details
     */
    convertByReference:function(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth) {
      var funcId = "f" + dwr.engine.serialize.funcId;
      dwr.engine.serialize.remoteFunctions[funcId] = data;
      dwr.engine.serialize.funcId++;
      return "byref:" + funcId;
    },

    /**
     * Marshall an array
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.serialize.convert() for parameter details
     */
    convertArray:function(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth) {
      var childName, i;
      if (dwr.engine.util.ieCondition("if lte IE 7")) {
        // Use array joining on IE1-7 (fastest)
        var buf = ["array:["];
        for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
          if (i !== 0) buf.push(",");
          batch.paramCount++;
          childName = "c" + dwr.engine._batch.map.callCount + "-e" + batch.paramCount;
          dwr.engine.serialize.convert(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data[i], childName, depth + 1);
          buf.push("reference:");
          buf.push(childName);
        }
        buf.push("]");
        reply = buf.join("");
      }
      else {
        // Use string concat on other browsers (fastest)
        var reply = "array:[";
        for (i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
          if (i !== 0) reply += ",";
          batch.paramCount++;
          childName = "c" + dwr.engine._batch.map.callCount + "-e" + batch.paramCount;
          dwr.engine.serialize.convert(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data[i], childName, depth + 1);
          reply += "reference:";
          reply += childName;
        }
        reply += "]";
      }

      return reply;
    },

    /**
     * Marshall an object by value
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.serialize.convert() for parameter details
     */
    convertObject:function(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name, depth) {
      // treat objects as an associative arrays
      var reply = "Object_" + dwr.engine.serialize.getObjectClassName(data).replace(/:/g, "?") + ":{";
      var elementset = (data.constructor && data.constructor.$dwrClassMembers ? data.constructor.$dwrClassMembers : data);
      var element;
      for (element in elementset) {
        if (typeof data[element] != "function" && !dwr.engine._excludeObjectAttributes[element]) {
          batch.paramCount++;
          var childName = "c" + dwr.engine._batch.map.callCount + "-e" + batch.paramCount;
          dwr.engine.serialize.convert(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, data[element], childName, depth + 1);
          reply += encodeURIComponent(element) + ":reference:" + childName + ", ";
        }
      }

      if (reply.substring(reply.length - 2) == ", ") {
        reply = reply.substring(0, reply.length - 2);
      }
      reply += "}";

      return reply;
    },

    /**
     * Marshall an object
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.serialize.convert() for parameter details
     */
    convertDom:function(data) {
      return "xml:" + encodeURIComponent(dwr.engine.serialize.serializeDom(data));
    },
    serializeDom:function(data) {
      var output;
      if (window.XMLSerializer) output = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(data);
      else if (data.xml) output = data.xml;
      else throw new Error("The browser doesn't support XML serialization of: " + data);
      return output;
    },

    /**
     * Have we already converted this object?
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.serialize.convert() for parameter details
     */
    lookup:function(directrefmap, otherrefmap, data, name) {
      // Look for reference to previous conversion
      var ref;
      if ("$_dwrConversionRef" in data) {
        ref = data.$_dwrConversionRef;
        if (ref && directrefmap[ref] != data) ref = null;
      }
      if (ref == null) {
        for(r in otherrefmap) {
          if (otherrefmap[r] == data) {
            ref = r;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      if (ref != null) return "reference:" + ref;
      // This was a new conversion - save the reference!
      try {
        data.$_dwrConversionRef = name;
        directrefmap[name] = data;
      }
      catch(err) {
        otherrefmap[name] = data;
      }
      return null;
    },

    /**
     * Clean up our conversion markers from user data
     * @private
     */
    cleanup:function(directrefmap) {
      for(var refName in directrefmap) {
        var data = directrefmap[refName];
        try {
          delete data.$_dwrConversionRef;
        }
        catch(err) {
          data.$_dwrConversionRef = undefined;
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * Returns the classname of supplied argument obj. Similar to typeof, but
     * which returns the name of the constructor that created the object rather
     * than 'object'
     * @private
     * @param {Object} obj The object to detect the type of
     * @return The name of the object
     */
    getObjectClassName:function(obj) {
      // Different handling depending on if, and what type of, class-mapping is used
      if (obj.$dwrClassName)
        return obj.$dwrClassName; // Light class-mapping uses the classname from a property on the instance
      else if (obj.constructor && obj.constructor.$dwrClassName)
        return obj.constructor.$dwrClassName; // Full class-mapping uses the classname from a property on the constructor function
      else
        return "Object";
    }
  };

  /**
   * Functions to handle the various remoting transport
   */
  dwr.engine.transport = {
    /**
     * Manage the DWR session and then send.
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch
     */
    send:function(batch) {
      if (batch.path == null) {
        batch.path = dwr.engine._effectivePath();
      }
      dwr.engine.transport.updateDwrSessionFromCookie();
      if (!dwr.engine._dwrSessionId) {
        dwr.engine._internalOrdered = true;
        var retval;
        var idbatch = {
          map:{
            callCount:1,
            'c0-scriptName':'__System',
            'c0-methodName':'generateId',
            'c0-id':0
          },
          paramCount:0, isPoll:false, async:batch.async,
          headers:{}, preHooks:[],
          postHooks:[function() {
            dwr.engine._internalOrdered = false;
          }],
          timeout:dwr.engine._timeout,
          errorHandler:batch.errorHandler, globalErrorHandler:batch.globalErrorHandler, warningHandler:batch.warningHandler, textHtmlHandler:batch.textHtmlHandler, globalTextHtmlHandler:batch.globalTextHtmlHandler,
          path:batch.path,
          handlers:[{
            exceptionHandler:null,
            callback:function(id) {
              dwr.engine.transport.updateDwrSessionFromCookie();
              if (!dwr.engine._dwrSessionId) {
                dwr.engine.transport.setDwrSession(id);
              }
              retval = dwr.engine.transport.send2(batch);
            }
          }]
        };
        dwr.engine.transport.send2(idbatch);
        return retval;
      }
      else {
        return dwr.engine.transport.send2(batch);
      }
    },

    /**
     * Actually send the block of data in the batch object.
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch
     */
    send2:function(batch) {
      dwr.engine.batch.prepareToSend(batch);

      // Work out if we are going cross domain
      var isCrossDomain = false;
      if (batch.path.indexOf("http://") === 0 || batch.path.indexOf("https://") === 0) {
        var dwrShortPath = batch.path.split("/", 3).join("/");
        var hrefShortPath = window.location.href.split("/", 3).join("/");
        isCrossDomain = (dwrShortPath != hrefShortPath);
      }

      if (batch.fileUpload) {
        if (isCrossDomain) {
          throw new Error("Cross domain file uploads are not possible with this release of DWR");
        }
        batch.transport = dwr.engine.transport.iframe;
      }
      else if (isCrossDomain) {
        batch.transport = dwr.engine.transport.scriptTag;
      }
      else if (batch.isPoll && dwr.engine._useStreamingPoll == "true" && dwr.engine.util.ieCondition("if (IE 8)|(IE 9)")) {
        batch.transport = dwr.engine.transport.iframe;
      }
      else {
        batch.transport = dwr.engine.transport.xhr;
      }

      return batch.transport.send(batch);
    },

    /**
     * Called to signal that the batch response has been delivered
     */
    complete:function(batch) {
        dwr.engine.batch.validate(batch);
        dwr.engine.transport.remove(batch);
    },

    /**
     * Called as a result of a request timeout
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch The batch that is aborting
     */
    abort:function(batch) {
      var transport = batch.transport;
      if (transport.abort) {
        transport.abort(batch);
      }
      dwr.engine.transport.remove(batch);
    },

    /**
     * Remove all remoting artifacts
     * @param {Object} batch The batch that has completed
     */
    remove:function(batch) {
      if (batch.transport) {
        dwr.engine._callPostHooks(batch);
        batch.transport.remove(batch);
        batch.transport = null;
      }
      dwr.engine.batch.remove(batch);
    },

    setDwrSession:function(dwrsess) {
      dwr.engine._dwrSessionId = dwrsess;
      var attrs = "";
      if (!dwr.engine._cookieAttributes.match(/^path=/i)) {
        attrs = "; path=" + (dwr.engine._effectiveContextPath() || "/");
      }
      if (dwr.engine._cookieAttributes) {
        attrs += "; " + dwr.engine._cookieAttributes;
      }
      document.cookie = "DWRSESSIONID=" + dwrsess + attrs;
      dwr.engine._scriptSessionId = dwrsess + "/" + dwr.engine._pageId;
    },

    updateDwrSessionFromCookie:function() {
      if (!dwr.engine._dwrSessionId) {
        var match = document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )DWRSESSIONID=([^;]+)/);
        if (match) {
          dwr.engine.transport.setDwrSession(match[1]);
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * Remoting through XHR
     */
    xhr:{
      /**
       * The default HTTP method to use
       */
      httpMethod:"POST",

      /**
       * The ActiveX objects to use when we want to do an XMLHttpRequest call.
       * TODO: We arrived at this by trial and error. Other toolkits use
       * different strings, maybe there is an officially correct version?
       */
      XMLHTTP:["Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"],

      /**
       * Setup a batch for transfer through XHR
       * @param {Object} batch The batch to alter for XHR transmit
       */
      send:function(batch) {
        if (batch.isPoll) {
          batch.map.partialResponse = dwr.engine._partialResponseYes;
        }

        // Are we told to use early closing mode?
        if (batch.isPoll && dwr.engine._useStreamingPoll == "false") {
          batch.map.partialResponse = dwr.engine._partialResponseNo;
        }
        if (batch.isPoll && dwr.engine.util.ieCondition("if lte IE 9")) {
          batch.map.partialResponse = dwr.engine._partialResponseNo;
        }

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
          batch.req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        }
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
          batch.req = dwr.engine.util.newActiveXObject(dwr.engine.transport.xhr.XMLHTTP);
        }

        // Proceed using XMLHttpRequest
        if (batch.async === true) {
          batch.req.onreadystatechange = function() {
            if (typeof dwr != 'undefined') {
              dwr.engine.transport.xhr.stateChange(batch);
            }
          };
        }

        httpMethod = dwr.engine.transport.xhr.httpMethod;

        batch.mode = batch.isPoll ? dwr.engine._ModePlainPoll : dwr.engine._ModePlainCall;
        var request = dwr.engine.batch.constructRequest(batch, httpMethod);

        try {
          batch.req.open(httpMethod, request.url, batch.async);
          try {
            for (var prop in batch.headers) {
              var value = batch.headers[prop];
              if (typeof value == "string") {
                batch.req.setRequestHeader(prop, value);
              }
            }
            if (!batch.headers["Content-Type"]) {
              batch.req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
            }
          }
          catch (ex) {
            dwr.engine._handleWarning(batch, ex);
          }

          batch.req.send(request.body);
          if (batch.async === false) {
            dwr.engine.transport.xhr.stateChange(batch);
          }
        }
        catch (ex2) {
          dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex2);
        }

        if (batch.isPoll && batch.map.partialResponse == dwr.engine._partialResponseYes) {
          dwr.engine.transport.xhr.checkCometPoll();
        }

        // This is only of any use in sync mode to return the reply data
        return batch.reply;
      },

      /**
       * Called by XMLHttpRequest to indicate that something has happened
       * @private
       * @param {Object} batch The current remote operation
       */
      stateChange:function(batch) {
        var toEval;

        if (batch.aborted) return;
        if (batch.completed) {
          if (batch.transport) dwr.engine._debug("Error: _stateChange() with batch.completed");
          return;
        }

        // Try to get the response HTTP status if applicable
        var req = batch.req;
        var status = 0;
        try {
          if (req.readyState >= 2) {
            status = req.status; // causes Mozilla to except on page moves
          }
        }
        catch(ignore) {}

        // If we couldn't get the status we bail out, unless the request is
        // complete, which means error (handled further below)
        if (status === 0 && req.readyState < 4) {
          return;
        }

        // If the status is 200, we are now online.
        // Future improvement per Mike W. - A solution where we only use the callbacks/handlers of the poll call to trigger
        // the retry handling would be ideal.  We would need something like a new internal callback that reports
        // progress back to the caller, and the design should be compatible with getting it to work with iframes as well.
        if (status === 200) {
          dwr.engine._handlePollStatusChange(true, null, batch);
        }

        // The rest of this function only deals with request completion
        if (req.readyState != 4) {
          return;
        }

        if (dwr.engine._unloading) {
          dwr.engine._debug("Ignoring reply from server as page is unloading.");
          return;
        }

        try {
          var reply = req.responseText;
          reply = dwr.engine._replyRewriteHandler(reply);
          var contentType = req.getResponseHeader("Content-Type");
          if (status >= 200 && status < 300) {
            if (contentType.indexOf("text/plain") < 0 && contentType.indexOf("text/javascript") < 0) {
              if (contentType.indexOf("text/html") == 0) {
                dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.textHtmlReply", message:"HTML reply from the server.", responseText:reply||"" });
              } else {
                dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.invalidMimeType", message:"Invalid content type: '" + contentType + "'" });
              }
            } else if (reply == null || reply === "") {
              dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.missingData", message:"No data received from server" });
            } else {
              if (batch.isPoll && batch.map.partialResponse == dwr.engine._partialResponseYes) {
                dwr.engine.transport.xhr.processCometResponse(reply, batch);
              } else {
                if (reply.search("//#DWR") === -1) {
                  dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.invalidReply", message:"Invalid reply from server" });
                } else {
                  toEval = reply;
                }
              }
            }
          } else if (status >= 400) {
            var statusText = "statusText could not be read.";
            try {
              statusText = req.statusText;
            } catch (ex) {
             // Eat this, if the server just went down an exception can occur reading statusText.
            }
            dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.http." + status, message:statusText });
          }

          if (toEval != null) toEval = toEval.replace(dwr.engine._scriptTagProtection, "");
          dwr.engine._executeScript(toEval);
          dwr.engine.transport.complete(batch);

        } catch (ex2) {
          dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex2);
        }
      },

      /**
       * Check for reverse Ajax activity
       * @private
       */
      checkCometPoll:function() {
        var req = dwr.engine._pollBatch && dwr.engine._pollBatch.req;
        if (req) {
          var text = req.responseText;
          if (text != null) {
            dwr.engine.transport.xhr.processCometResponse(text, dwr.engine._pollBatch);
          }
        }
        // If the poll resources are still there, come back again
        if (dwr.engine._pollBatch) {
          setTimeout(dwr.engine.transport.xhr.checkCometPoll, dwr.engine._pollCometInterval);
        }
      },

      /**
       * Some more text might have come in, test and execute the new stuff.
       * This method could also be called by the iframe transport
       * @private
       * @param {Object} response from xhr.responseText
       * @param {Object} batch The batch that the XHR object pertains to
       */
      processCometResponse:function(response, batch) {
        if (batch.charsProcessed == response.length) return;
        if (response.length === 0) {
          batch.charsProcessed = 0;
          return;
        }

        var firstStartTag = response.indexOf("//#DWR-START#", batch.charsProcessed);
        if (firstStartTag == -1) {
          // dwr.engine._debug("No start tag (search from " + batch.charsProcessed + "). skipping '" + response.substring(batch.charsProcessed) + "'");
          return;
        }
        // if (firstStartTag > 0) {
        //   dwr.engine._debug("Start tag not at start (search from " + batch.charsProcessed + "). skipping '" + response.substring(batch.charsProcessed, firstStartTag) + "'");
        // }

        var lastEndTag = response.lastIndexOf("//#DWR-END#");
        if (lastEndTag == -1) {
          // dwr.engine._debug("No end tag. unchanged charsProcessed=" + batch.charsProcessed);
          return;
        }

        // Skip the end tag too for next time, remembering CR and LF
        if (response.charCodeAt(lastEndTag + 11) == 13 && response.charCodeAt(lastEndTag + 12) == 10) {
          batch.charsProcessed = lastEndTag + 13;
        }
        else {
          batch.charsProcessed = lastEndTag + 11;
        }

        var exec = response.substring(firstStartTag + 13, lastEndTag);

        try {
          dwr.engine._executeScript(exec);
        }
        catch (ex) {
          // This is one of these annoying points where we might be executing
          // while the window is being destroyed. If dwr == null, bail out.
          if (dwr != null) {
            dwr.engine._handleError(batch, ex);
          }
        }
      },

      /**
       * Aborts ongoing request (for timeouts etc)
       */
      abort:function(batch) {
        if (batch.req) {
          batch.aborted = true;
          batch.req.abort();
        }
      },

      /**
       * Tidy-up when an XHR call is done
       * @param {Object} batch
       */
      remove:function(batch) {
        // XHR tidyup: avoid IE handles increase
        if (batch.req) {
          delete batch.req;
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * Functions for remoting through IFrame
     */
    iframe:{
      /**
       * The default HTTP method to use
       */
      httpMethod:"POST",

      /**
       * Setup a batch for transfer through IFrame
       * @param {Object} batch The batch to alter for IFrame transmit
       */
      send:function(batch) {
        if (document.body == null) {
          setTimeout(function(){dwr.engine.transport.iframe.send(batch);}, 100);
          return;
        }
        batch.httpMethod = dwr.engine.transport.iframe.httpMethod;
        if (batch.fileUpload) {
          batch.httpMethod = "POST";
          batch.encType = "multipart/form-data";
        }
        batch.loadingStarted = false;
        if (window.location.hostname != document.domain) batch.map.documentDomain = document.domain;
        var idname = dwr.engine.transport.iframe.getId(batch);
        batch.div1 = document.createElement("div");
        batch.div1.innerHTML = "<iframe frameborder='0' style='width:0px;height:0px;border:0;display:none;' id='" + idname + "' name='" + idname + "'></iframe>";
        batch.iframe = batch.div1.firstChild;
        batch.document = document;
        batch.iframe.batch = batch;
        batch.fileInputs = [];
        dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(batch.iframe, "load", function(ev) {
          // Bail out if this is a premature load event (IE) 
          if (!batch.loadingStarted) return;
          // Put back file inputs
          while(batch.fileInputs.length > 0) {
            var entry = batch.fileInputs.pop();
            entry.original.setAttribute("id", entry.clone.getAttribute("id"));
            entry.original.setAttribute("name", entry.clone.getAttribute("name"));
            entry.original.style.display = entry.clone.style.display;
            entry.clone.parentNode.replaceChild(entry.original, entry.clone);
          }
          // Bail out if the batch was completed the normal way 
          if (batch.completed) return;
          // Check for a queued batch exception
          if (dwr.engine._queuedBatchException) {
            dwr.engine._handleError(batch, dwr.engine._queuedBatchException);
            dwr.engine._queuedBatchException = null;
            return;
          }
          // The batch hasn't been completed the normal way, trigger a textHtmlReply error
          try {
            var contentDoc = batch.iframe.contentDocument || batch.iframe.contentWindow.document;
          } catch(ex) {
            var contentEx = ex; // may be caused by a HTML error page reply when document.domain is used
          }
          if (typeof dwr != "undefined") {
            var htmlResponse = contentDoc && contentDoc.documentElement ? contentDoc.documentElement.outerHTML : "(Could not extract HTML response: " + contentEx.message + ")";
            dwr.engine._handleError(batch, {name:"dwr.engine.textHtmlReply", message:"HTML reply from the server.", responseText:htmlResponse});
          }
        });
        // This needs to be after the event listener is added, for IE.
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18414964/load-event-for-iframe-does-not-fire-in-ie
        document.body.appendChild(batch.div1);
        dwr.engine.transport.iframe.beginLoader(batch, idname);
      },

      /**
       * Create a unique ID so multiple iframes can fire at the same time
       * @param {Object} batch A source of a unique number for the batch
       * @return {String} a name prefix for created elements
       */
      getId:function(batch) {
        return batch.isPoll ? "dwr-if-poll-" + dwr.engine._instanceId + "-" + batch.map.batchId : "dwr-if-" + dwr.engine._instanceId + "-" + batch.map.batchId;
      },

      /**
       * Setup a form or construct a src attribute to use the iframe.
       * @param {Object} batch
       */
      beginLoader:function(batch, idname) {
        if (batch.isPoll) {
          batch.map.partialResponse = dwr.engine._partialResponseYes;
        }
        batch.mode = batch.isPoll ? dwr.engine._ModeHtmlPoll : dwr.engine._ModeHtmlCall;
        var request = dwr.engine.batch.constructRequest(batch, batch.httpMethod);
        if (batch.httpMethod === "GET") {
          batch.iframe.setAttribute("src", request.url);
        }
        else {
          // TODO: On firefox we can now get the values of file fields, maybe we should use this
          // See http://soakedandsoaped.com/articles/read/firefox-3-native-ajax-file-upload
          // setting enctype via the DOM does not work in IE, create the form using innerHTML instead
          batch.div2 = document.createElement("div");
          document.body.appendChild(batch.div2);
          batch.div2.innerHTML = "<form" + (batch.encType ? " encType='" + batch.encType + "' encoding='" + batch.encType + "'" : "") + "></form>";
          batch.form = batch.div2.firstChild;
          batch.form.setAttribute("action", request.url);
          batch.form.setAttribute("target", idname);
          batch.form.setAttribute("style", "display:none");
          batch.form.setAttribute("method", batch.httpMethod);
          for (var prop in batch.map) {
            var value = batch.map[prop];
            if (typeof value != "function") {
              if (value && value.tagName && value.tagName.toLowerCase() == "input" && value.type && value.type.toLowerCase() == "file") {
                // Since we can not set the value of a file object, we must post the actual file object
                // that the user clicked browse on. We will put a clone in it's place that we will restore later.
                // (note that the clone doesn't retain the selected file in most browsers)
                if (value.parentNode) {
                  var clone = value.cloneNode(true);
                  value.parentNode.replaceChild(clone, value);
                  batch.fileInputs.push({original:value, clone:clone});
                }
                value.removeAttribute("id");
                value.setAttribute("name", prop);
                value.style.display = "none";
                batch.form.appendChild(value);
              } else {
                var formInput = batch.document.createElement("input");
                formInput.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
                formInput.setAttribute("name", prop);
                formInput.setAttribute("value", value);
                batch.form.appendChild(formInput);
              }
            }
          }
          batch.loadingStarted = true;
          batch.form.submit();
        }
      },

      /**
       * Functions designed to be called by the server
       */
      remote:{
        /**
         * Called by the server: An IFrame reply is about to start
         * @private
         * @param {Object} iframe
         * @param {int} batchId
         */
        beginIFrameResponse:function(iframe, batchId) {
        },
        
        /**
         * Called by the server: An IFrame script tag has completed
         * @private
         * @param {Object} iframe
         */
        endChunk:function(iframeWindow) {
          setTimeout(function() {
            // Delete the first script tag in the iframe
            var scriptTags = iframeWindow.document.body.getElementsByTagName("script");
            if (scriptTags.length > 0) {
              var s = scriptTags[0];
              s.parentNode.removeChild(s);
            }
          }, 0);
        },

        /**
         * Called by the server: An IFrame reply is just completing
         * @private
         * @param {int} batchId
         */
        endIFrameResponse:function(batchId) {
          var batch = dwr.engine._batches[batchId];
          if (batch) dwr.engine.transport.complete(batch);
        }
      },

      remove:function(batch) {
        // Safari 3 and Chrome 1 will show endless loading spinner if removing
        // iframe during execution of iframe script, so we delay it a bit
        setTimeout(function(){
          if (batch.iframe && batch.iframe.parentNode) {
            batch.iframe.parentNode.removeChild(batch.iframe);
            batch.iframe = null;
          }
          if (batch.div1 && batch.div1.parentNode) {
            batch.div1.parentNode.removeChild(batch.div1);
            batch.div1 = null;
          }
          if (batch.form && batch.form.parentNode) {
            batch.form.parentNode.removeChild(batch.form);
            batch.form = null;
          }
          if (batch.div2 && batch.div2.parentNode) {
            batch.div2.parentNode.removeChild(batch.div2);
            batch.div2 = null;
          }
        }, 100);
      }
    },

    /**
     * Functions for remoting through Script Tags
     */
    scriptTag:{
      /**
       * Setup a batch for transfer through a script tag
       * @param {Object} batch The batch to alter for script tag transmit
       */
      send:function(batch) {
        if (batch.isPoll) {
          batch.map.partialResponse = dwr.engine._partialResponseNo;
        }
        batch.mode = batch.isPoll ? dwr.engine._ModePlainPoll : dwr.engine._ModePlainCall;
        var request = dwr.engine.batch.constructRequest(batch, "GET");
        // The best option is DOM manipulation
        batch.script = document.createElement("script");
        batch.script.id = "dwr-st-" + batch.map.batchId;
        batch.script.src = request.url;
        batch.script.type = "text/javascript";
        batch.script.async = true;
        dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(batch.script, "load", function(ev) {
          if (typeof dwr != "undefined") dwr.engine.transport.scriptTag.complete(batch);
        });
        dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(batch.script, "error", function(ev) {
          if (typeof dwr != "undefined") dwr.engine.transport.scriptTag.complete(batch);
        });
        dwr.engine.util.addEventListener(batch.script, "readystatechange", function(ev) {
          if (typeof dwr != "undefined") {
            if (batch.completed) return;
            if (batch.script.readyState == "complete" || batch.script.readyState == "loaded") {
              dwr.engine.transport.scriptTag.complete(batch);
            }
          }
        });
        document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(batch.script);
      },

      /**
       * Notified when the script tag has been loaded and executed
       */
      complete:function(batch) {
        dwr.engine.transport.complete(batch);
      },

      /**
       * Cleanup script tag
       */
      remove:function(batch) {
        // Bail out if we were already called
        if (!batch.script) return;

        // Cleanup script tag
        batch.script.parentNode.removeChild(batch.script);
        batch.script = null;
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Functions to manipulate batches
   * @private
   */
  dwr.engine.batch = {
    /**
     * Generate a new standard batch
     * @private
     */
    create:function() {
      var batch = {
        async:dwr.engine._async,
        charsProcessed:0,
        handlers:[],
        isPoll:false,
        map:{ callCount:0 },
        paramCount:0,
        preHooks:[],
        postHooks:[],
        timeout:dwr.engine._timeout,
        errorHandler:null,
        globalErrorHandler:dwr.engine._errorHandler,
        warningHandler:dwr.engine._warningHandler,
        textHtmlHandler:null,
        globalTextHtmlHandler:dwr.engine._textHtmlHandler
      };
      if (!dwr.engine._activeReverseAjax) batch.map.nextReverseAjaxIndex = dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex;
      
      if (dwr.engine._preHook) {
        batch.preHooks.push(dwr.engine._preHook);
      }
      if (dwr.engine._postHook) {
        batch.postHooks.push(dwr.engine._postHook);
      }

      dwr.engine.batch.populateHeadersAndAttributes(batch);
      return batch;
    },

    /**
     * Generate a new batch for polling
     * @private
     * @see dwr.engine.batch.create()
     */
    createPoll:function() {
      var batch = {
        async:true,
        charsProcessed:0,
        handlers:[{
          callback:function(pause) {
            dwr.engine._pollBatch = null;
            setTimeout(dwr.engine._poll, pause);
          }
        }],
        isPoll:true,
        map:{ callCount:1, nextReverseAjaxIndex:dwr.engine._nextReverseAjaxIndex},
        paramCount:0,
        preHooks:[],
        postHooks:[],
        timeout:dwr.engine._pollTimeout
      };
      dwr.engine.batch.populateHeadersAndAttributes(batch);
      return batch;
    },

    /**
     * Copy the global headers and parameters into this batch object
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch The destination
     */
    populateHeadersAndAttributes:function(batch) {
      var propname, data;
      batch.headers = {};
      if (dwr.engine._headers) {
        for (propname in dwr.engine._headers) {
          data = dwr.engine._headers[propname];
          if (typeof data != "function") batch.headers[propname] = data;
        }
      }
      batch.attributes = {}; // props to add as request attributes
      if (dwr.engine._attributes) {
        for (propname in dwr.engine._attributes) {
          data = dwr.engine._attributes[propname];
          if (typeof data != "function") batch.attributes[propname] = data;
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * Augment this batch with a new call
     * @private
     */
    addCall:function(batch, scriptName, methodName, args) {
      // From the other params, work out which is the function (or object with
      // call meta-data) and which is the call parameters
      var callData, stopAt;
      var lastArg = args[args.length - 1];
      if (lastArg == null || typeof lastArg == "function") {
        callData = { callback:lastArg };
        stopAt = args.length - 1;
      }
      else if (dwr.engine.util.isCallOptionArgument(lastArg)) {
        callData = lastArg;
        stopAt = args.length - 1;
      }
      else {
        callData = {};
        stopAt = args.length;
      }

      // Merge from the callData into the batch
      if (dwr.engine._singleShot) dwr.engine.batch.merge(batch, callData);
      batch.handlers[batch.map.callCount] = {
        callback:callData.callbackHandler || callData.callback,
        callbackArg:callData.callbackArg || callData.arg,
        callbackScope:callData.callbackScope || callData.scope || window,
        exceptionHandler:callData.exceptionHandler,
        exceptionArg:callData.exceptionArg || callData.arg,
        exceptionScope:callData.exceptionScope || callData.scope || window,
        errorHandler:callData.errorHandler
      };

      // Copy to the map the things that need serializing
      var prefix = "c" + batch.map.callCount + "-";
      batch.map[prefix + "scriptName"] = scriptName;
      batch.map[prefix + "methodName"] = methodName;
      batch.map[prefix + "id"] = batch.map.callCount;
      var directrefmap = {}, otherrefmap = {};
      for (var i = 0; i < stopAt; i++) {
        dwr.engine.serialize.convert(batch, directrefmap, otherrefmap, args[i], prefix + "param" + i, 0);
      }
      dwr.engine.serialize.cleanup(directrefmap);
    },

    /**
     * Take further options and merge them into a batch
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch The batch that we are altering
     * @param {Object} overrides The object containing properties to copy into batch
     */
    merge:function(batch, overrides) {
      var propname, data;
      for (var i = 0; i < dwr.engine._propnames.length; i++) {
        propname = dwr.engine._propnames[i];
        if (dwr.engine._singleShot && propname == "errorHandler") continue;
        if (overrides[propname] != null) batch[propname] = overrides[propname];
      }
      if (overrides.preHook != null) batch.preHooks.unshift(overrides.preHook);
      if (overrides.postHook != null) batch.postHooks.push(overrides.postHook);
      if (overrides.headers) {
        for (propname in overrides.headers) {
          data = overrides.headers[propname];
          if (typeof data != "function") batch.headers[propname] = data;
        }
      }
      var attrs = null;
      if (overrides.attributes) attrs = overrides.attributes;
      if (attrs) {
        for (propname in attrs) {
          data = attrs[propname];
          if (typeof data != "function") batch.attributes[propname] = data;
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * Executed just before a transport sends the batch
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch The batch to prepare for sending
     */
    prepareToSend:function(batch) {
      batch.map.batchId = dwr.engine._nextBatchId;
      dwr.engine._nextBatchId++;
      dwr.engine._batches[batch.map.batchId] = batch;
      dwr.engine._batchesLength++;
      batch.completed = false;
      batch.map.instanceId = dwr.engine._instanceId;

      // security details are filled in late so previous batches have completed
      batch.map.page = encodeURIComponent(window.location.pathname + window.location.search);
      batch.map.scriptSessionId = dwr.engine._scriptSessionId;

      for (var i = 0; i < batch.preHooks.length; i++) {
        batch.preHooks[i]();
      }
      batch.preHooks = null;
      // Set a timeout
      if (batch.timeout && batch.timeout !== 0) {
        batch.timeoutId = setTimeout(function() { 
          dwr.engine.transport.abort(batch); 
          dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.timeout", message:"Timeout" });
        }, batch.timeout);
      }
    },

    /**
     * Work out what the URL should look like
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch the data that we are sending
     * @param {Object} httpMethod Are we using GET/POST etc?
     */
    constructRequest:function(batch, httpMethod) {
      // A quick string to help people that use web log analysers
      var urlBuffer = [];
      urlBuffer.push(batch.path);
      urlBuffer.push(batch.mode);
      if (batch.isPoll) {
        urlBuffer.push("ReverseAjax.dwr");
      }
      else if (batch.map.callCount == 1) {
        urlBuffer.push(batch.map["c0-scriptName"]);
        urlBuffer.push(".");
        urlBuffer.push(batch.map["c0-methodName"]);
        urlBuffer.push(".dwr");
      }
      else {
        urlBuffer.push("Multiple.");
        urlBuffer.push(batch.map.callCount);
        urlBuffer.push(".dwr");
      }
      // Play nice with url re-writing
      var sessionMatchExpr = new RegExp(
        "^" +            // start of string
        "[^;\\?#]+" +    // protocol, host, and path (up to first of ; ? or #)
        "(;[^\\?#]+)");  // group 1: ; and sessionid (up to first of ? or #)
      var sessionMatch = location.href.match(sessionMatchExpr);
      if (sessionMatch != null) {
        urlBuffer.push(sessionMatch[1]);
      }

      // Add attributes to the output map
      if (batch.attributes) {
        for (var attrname in batch.attributes) {
          var data = batch.attributes[attrname];
          if (typeof data != "function") batch.map["a-" + attrname] = "" + data;
        }
      }

      var request = {};
      var prop;
      if (httpMethod == "GET") {
        // Some browsers (Opera/Safari2) seem to fail to convert the callCount value
        // to a string in the loop below so we do it manually here.
        batch.map.callCount = "" + batch.map.callCount;
        urlBuffer.push("?");
        for (prop in batch.map) {
          if (typeof batch.map[prop] != "function") {
            urlBuffer.push(encodeURIComponent(prop));
            urlBuffer.push("=");
            urlBuffer.push(encodeURIComponent(batch.map[prop]));
            urlBuffer.push("&");
          }
        }
        urlBuffer.pop(); // remove the trailing &
        request.body = null;
      }
      else {
        // PERFORMANCE: for iframe mode this is thrown away.
        request.body = "";
        if (dwr.engine.util.ieCondition("if lte IE 7")) {
          // Use array joining on IE1-7 (fastest)
          var buf = [];
          for (prop in batch.map) {
            if (typeof batch.map[prop] != "function") {
              buf.push(prop + "=" + batch.map[prop] + dwr.engine._postSeperator);
            }
          }
          request.body = buf.join("");
        }
        else {
          // Use string concat on other browsers (fastest)
          for (prop in batch.map) {
            if (typeof batch.map[prop] != "function") {
              request.body += prop + "=" + batch.map[prop] + dwr.engine._postSeperator;
            }
          }
        }
        request.body = dwr.engine._contentRewriteHandler(request.body);
      }
      request.url = dwr.engine._urlRewriteHandler(urlBuffer.join(""));
      return request;
    },

    /**
     * @private This function is invoked when a batch reply is received.
     * It checks that there is a response for every call in the batch. Otherwise,
     * an error will be signaled (a call without a response indicates that the
     * server failed to send complete batch response).
     */
    validate:function(batch) {
      if (!batch.completed) {
        var repliesReceived = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < batch.map.callCount; i++) {
          if (batch.handlers[i].completed === true) {
            repliesReceived++;
          }
        }
        if (repliesReceived == 0 && dwr.engine._queuedBatchException) {
          dwr.engine._handleError(batch, dwr.engine._queuedBatchException);
          dwr.engine._queuedBatchException = null;
        } else if (repliesReceived < batch.map.callCount) {
          dwr.engine._handleError(batch, { name:"dwr.engine.incompleteReply", message:"Incomplete reply from server" });
        }
      }
    },

    /**
     * A call has finished by whatever means and we need to shut it all down.
     * @private
     * @param {Object} batch The batch that we are altering
     */
    remove:function(batch) {
      if (!batch) {
        dwr.engine._debug("Warning: null batch in dwr.engine.batch.remove()", true);
        return;
      }

      if (batch.completed) {
        return;
      }
      batch.completed = true;

      // Transport tidyup
      dwr.engine.transport.remove(batch);

      // Timeout tidyup
      if (batch.timeoutId != null) {
        clearTimeout(batch.timeoutId);
        delete batch.timeoutId;
      }

      // TODO: co-locate all the functions that work on a set of batches
      if (batch.map && (batch.map.batchId != null)) {
        delete dwr.engine._batches[batch.map.batchId];
        dwr.engine._batchesLength--;
      }
      if (batch == dwr.engine._batch) dwr.engine._batch = null;
      if (batch == dwr.engine._pollBatch) dwr.engine._pollBatch = null;

      // If there is anything on the queue waiting to go out, then send it.
      // We don't need to check for ordered mode, here because when ordered mode
      // gets turned off, we still process *waiting* batches in an ordered way.
      if (dwr.engine._batchQueue.length !== 0) {
        var sendbatch = dwr.engine._batchQueue.shift();
        dwr.engine.transport.send(sendbatch);
      }
    }
  };

  /**
   * Various utility functions
   * @private
   */
  dwr.engine.util = {
    /**
     * Create one of a number of ActiveX strings
     * @param {Object} axarray An array of strings to attempt to create ActiveX objects from
     */
    newActiveXObject:function(axarray) {
      var returnValue;
      for (var i = 0; i < axarray.length; i++) {
        try {
          returnValue = new ActiveXObject(axarray[i]);
          break;
        }
        catch (ex) { /* ignore */ }
      }
      return returnValue;
    },

    ieCondition:function(cond) {
      if (!(cond in dwr.engine._ieConditions)) {
        var div = document.createElement("div");
        div.innerHTML = "<!--[" + cond + "]><p><![endif]-->";
        dwr.engine._ieConditions[cond] = !!(div.getElementsByTagName("p").length);
      }
      return dwr.engine._ieConditions[cond];
    },
    
    /**
     * Transform a number into a token string suitable for ids
     */
    tokenify: function(number) {
      var tokenbuf = [];
      var charmap = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ*$";
      var remainder = number;
      while (remainder > 0)
      {
        tokenbuf.push(charmap.charAt(remainder & 0x3F));
        remainder = Math.floor(remainder / 64); // Can't use shift operator due to 32-bit limit in JS
      }
      return tokenbuf.join("");
    },

    addEventListener: function(elem, name, func) {
      if (elem.addEventListener)
        elem.addEventListener(name, func, false);
      else
        elem.attachEvent("on" + name, func);
    },

    isCallOptionArgument: function(lastArg) {
      return (typeof lastArg === "object" && (typeof lastArg.callback === "function" ||
        typeof lastArg.exceptionHandler === "function" || typeof lastArg.callbackHandler === "function" ||
        typeof lastArg.errorHandler === "function" || typeof lastArg.warningHandler === "function" || lastArg.hasOwnProperty("async")));
    },

    logHandlerEx: function(func) {
      try {
        func();
      } catch(ex) {
        dwr.engine._debug("Exception occured in user-specified handler:");
        dwr.engine._debug(ex);
      }
    }
  };

  // Initialize DWR.
  dwr.engine._initializer.init();

  /**
   * Routines for the DWR pubsub hub
   */
  dwr.hub = {
    /**
     * Publish some data to a given topic
     * @param {Object} topicName The topic to publish to
     * @param {Object} data The data to publish
     */
    publish:function(topicName, data) {
      dwr.engine._execute(null, '__System', 'publish', topicName, data, {});
    },

    /**
     * Subscribe to get notifications of publish events to a given topic
     * @param {String} topicName The topic to subscribe to
     * @param {Function} callback The function to call when a publish happens
     * @param {Object} scope The 'this' object on which the callback executes (optional)
     * @param {Object} subscriberData Data that the subscriber wishes to remember (optional)
     * @return An opaque type for use with unsubscribe
     */
    subscribe:function(topicName, callback, scope, subscriberData) {
      var subscription = "" + dwr.hub._subscriptionId;
      dwr.hub._subscriptionId++;
      dwr.hub._subscriptions[subscription] = {
        callback:callback,
        scope:scope,
        subscriberData:subscriberData
      };
      dwr.engine._execute(null, '__System', 'subscribe', topicName, subscription, {});
      return subscription;
    },

    /**
     * Called by the server: A publish event has happened that we care about
     * @private
     * @param {Object} subscriptionId
     * @param {Object} publishData
     */
    _remotePublish:function(subscriptionId, publishData) {
      var subscriptionData = dwr.hub._subscriptions[subscriptionId];
      if (!subscriptionData) return;
      subscriptionData.callback.call(subscriptionData.scope, publishData, subscriptionData.subscriberData);
    },

    /**
     * Each time we subscribe to something, we use a unique number
     */
    _subscriptionId:0,

    /**
     * We need to remember what we are subscribed to so we can recall the callback
     */
    _subscriptions:{}
  };

/**
 * High level data-sync API for use by Widget libraries like a Dojo-Data-Store.
 * For full documentation see org.directwebremoting.export.Data
 */
dwr.data = {

  /**
   * This is just documentation that defines how the listener parameter must act
   * in order to receive asynchronous updates
   */
  StoreChangeListener:{
    /**
     * Something has removed an item from the store
     * @param {StoreProvider} source The store from which it was moved
     * @param {string} itemId The ID of the item
     */
    itemRemoved:function(source, itemId) { },

    /**
     * Something has added an item to the store
     * @param {StoreProvider} source The store from which it was moved
     * @param {Item} item The thing that has changed
     */
    itemAdded:function(source, item) { },

    /**
     * Something has updated an item in the store
     * @param {StoreProvider} source The store from which it was moved
     * @param {Item} item The thing that has changed
     * @param {string[]} changedAttributes A list of changed attributes. If null then
     * you should assume that everything has changed
     */
    itemChanged:function(source, item, changedAttributes) { }
  },

  /**
   * Create a cache object containing the functions to interact with a server
   * side StoreProvider
   * @param {string} storeId ID of server provided storage
   * @param {dwr.data.StoreChangeListener} listener See server documentation
   * This is likely to be true if dwr.engine.activeReverseAjax == true
   */
  Cache:function(storeId, listener) {
    this.storeId = storeId;
    this.listener = listener;
  }
};

  /**
   * Notes that there is a region of a page that wishes to subscribe to server
   * side data and registers a callback function to receive the data.
   * @param {Object} region filtering and sorting options. Includes:
   * - start: The beginning of the region of specific interest
   * - count: The number of items being viewed
   * - sort: The sort criteria
   * - query: The filter criteria
   * @param {function|object} callbackObj A standard DWR callback object
   * @return
   */
  dwr.data.Cache.prototype.viewRegion = function(region, callbackObj) {
    if (!region) region = { };
    if (!region.start) region.start = 0;
    if (!region.count) region.count = -1;
    if (!region.sort) region.sort = [];
    else {
      for (var index = 0; index < region.sort.length; index++) {
        if (typeof region.sort[index].descending == "undefined") {
          region.sort[index].descending = false;
        }
      }
    }
    if (!region.query) region.query = {};

    return dwr.engine._execute(null, '__Data', 'viewRegion', [ this.storeId, region, this.listener, callbackObj ]);
  };

  /**
   * As dwr.data.Cache.viewRegion() except that we only want to see a single item.
   * @param {string} itemId ID of object within the given store
   * @param {function|object} callbackObj A standard DWR callback object
   */
  dwr.data.Cache.prototype.viewItem = function(itemId, callbackObj) {
    return dwr.engine._execute(null, '__Data', 'viewItem', [ this.storeId, itemId, this.listener, callbackObj ]);
  };

  /**
   * Undo the action of dwr.data.view()
   * @param {function|object} callbackObj A standard DWR callback object
   */
  dwr.data.Cache.prototype.unsubscribe = function(callbackObj) {
    if (this.listener) {
      return dwr.engine._execute(null, '__Data', 'unsubscribe', [ this.storeId, this.listener, callbackObj ]);
    }
  };

  /**
   * Request an update to server side data
   * @param {Object} items An array of update descriptions
   * @param {function|object} callbackObj A standard DWR callback object
   */
  dwr.data.Cache.prototype.update = function(items, callbackObj) {
    return dwr.engine._execute(null, '__Data', 'update', [ this.storeId, items, callbackObj ]);
  };

})();

